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History

Origin

She was reunited with Warren[3] and first met the X-Men at Bobby Drake's 18th birthday party, where Worthington impressed her by cleverly opposing a biker gang bent to spoil the event. However, at that time Worthington was infatuated with his classmate Jean Grey and did not want to use Southern as a "second dish", so he initially refused to date her.[4]

Sometime after this, Candy and Warren attended a function at the Hellfire Club, having both inherited membership to the club but never attended before. They did not enjoy the experience, however, and soon left. They later used their membership to arrange invitations to a party at the club for the X-Men so they could infiltrate the club and attempt to rescue Jean Grey, who had been mentally controlled and abducted by them.[7]

Warren later joined the Defenders, and Candy began working for the team in a supporting role. She was subsequently named leader of the Defenders in non-combat contexts.[10]

X-Factor

After Warren joined his original X-Men teammates in a new team, X-Factor, his relationship with Candy became strained. Candy broke up with Warren and left her job with Worthington Industries because she mistakenly believed Warren was having an affair with his teammate Jean Grey.[11]

Death

Candy was later kidnapped and killed by Cameron Hodge, a former friend of Warren and Candy who had betrayed X-Factor as part of an anti-mutant plot.[12] Later, the Phalanx produced a cybernetic duplicate of Candy Southern. The duplicate died during a fight between Cameron Hodge, who had joined the Phalanx, and Archangel and Jean Grey.[13]